This would be a colossal waste of €s. He's a washed up player at this point and would bring nothing to our club.
Guardiola apparently thought Ajax under van Gaal was the best team he ever saw according to his autobiography, said he modelled his teams after them. This comes after similiar praise from Bielsa a few years ago. LvG and Ajax '95, probably the best team ever? I'll take it!
I've been watching a lot of them lately, they were truly wonderful. The very best Dutch teams have the technical ability to play beautiful football and score lovely goals, but also possess an edge and intensity that makes them very hard to beat. Like...they could do you in a field full of flowers, but you didn't want to face them in a dark alley either. The 70s teams had that (both Oranje and Ajax) and the 95 Ajax team had that too. Teams that have flattered to deceive - take your pick *sigh* - have usually lacked one or the other.
IMHO not even close to Ajax of Michels and Kovacs. Could be biased though since I've seen only the international games of the 70's Ajax plus I don't like LvG. Them playing football was art, not sport. Looked like the easiest thing to do. Pity everyone is more concerned nowadays about earning points than playing beautiful football, as if one contradicts the other. Ajax of the 70's proved that it doesn't.
Anyone knows this Bram Nuytinck? The papers are now linking him with a possible move to Ajax. All I know he's a central defender, currently plays for NEC, and also is in the Dutch U21 squad. Is he better than Moisander?
He's been a starter on the U-21s and I've seen them play. He is a decent defender but the big question is what kind of message this sends to a player like Denswil (who I think will turn out to be much better in the long run). At present he is not as good as Moisander.
Yeah I think we're still after Moisander. FdB wants someone experienced to lead our defense since they are all still quite young. Nuytinck, Gouweleeuw and van Dijk are still welcome however. Always nice to have some decent back-ups next to Denswil since Ooijer will be leaving.
Thx. I agree on you with Denswil, but he's only 18 right? Having four central defenders (Alderweireld, Boilesen, Denswil, Nuytinck/Moisander) is in line with having a backup for every position. I reckon Denswil will get plenty of playing time.
I sure hope Schøne is Janssen's replacement, not in addition to him. having both of them, plus de Jong, Eriksen, and Enoh would give FdB too much reason to bench Anita or play him at LB for the first half of next season
I can see Frank de Boer getting confused already. Trying to play Janssen, De Jong, Eriksen and Schone on the midfield. I hope Anita is not going to become a victim again.
+1, the real problem is that Eriksen and Anita both have speed and field awareness. Janssen has some field awareness but no speed. Schone is an average Eredivisie midfielder but nothing special. de Jong is too slow to play in a pressing midfield and has shown that he's a tweener (between a striker and midfielder but without all the skills to excel at either position). I would rather see Aissati or Lodeiro retained and partner Anita and Eriksen until Klassen is ready to step in.
No, after my campaign for him they didnot dare to sack him. I rule your board Next thing I'm going to do is bring in Theo van Duivenbode
Blows my mind that "he who's name shall not be spoken", our reserve team all star still has 2 years left on his contract. Please let us move him on this summer.
[LINEUP-4-3-3]Boerrigter, De Jong, Aissati, Janssen, Anita, Eriksen, Blind, Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Van der Wiel, Vermeer[/LINEUP-4-3-3] Bench: Cillessen, Enoh, Sigthórsson, Ebecilio, Ooijer, Özbiliz, Van Rhijn